Category : Astronomy Books

Astrophotography for the Amateur

Posted on: May 2, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

This is the second edition of Michael Covington’s Astrophotography for the amateur book.  It is nice to find a book solely on astrophotography, as that’s what interests me most, I always like to come in from the cold with some images or video to work on. Although the title of the book is astrophotography for

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Atlas of the Universe Book Review

Posted on: March 16, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Philip’s Atlas of the Universe by Patrick Moore is now in its sixth edition. The Atlas of the Universe is quite a big book; it’s a hardcover book and is a full size type coffee table book.  The full colour photographs, images and diagrams are absolutely breath taking, with pictures from space missions and images

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Mars Observers Guide Book Review

Posted on: February 11, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

This version of the Mars Observer’s Guide was published in 2003.  It is one of the pocket sized Philip’s books which retails at under £10. Mars Observer’s Guide contains a lot of full colour pictures and diagrams all of which are very high quality images. The book begins by looking at the main features of

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50 Best Sights in Astronomy Book Review

Posted on: January 20, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Each of the 50 sights are given their own chapter in this book with these chapters then divided into sections based upon the field of view, and thus what you need to use to see each sight. This includes the naked eye, binoculars, small and large telescopes. Each of the fifty sights is given several

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Stargazing with a telescope

Posted on: December 29, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

I actually received this book as part of the AstroBox when I purchased my Bresser Messier 130N telescope. Philip’s produce some really good books on all aspects of astronomy and this book is no different. Stargazing with a telescope begins by taking you through how telescopes work and the various types of telescopes available and

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The Monthly Sky Guide Book Review

Posted on: November 4, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

The Monthly Sky Guide 7th Edition by Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0521684358) The Monthly Sky Guide contains a chapter on the main sights visible in each month of the year in the northern hemisphere. The Monthly Sky Guide was first published in 1987 and it gets updated every few years, this 7th edition of The

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Philip’s Moon Observers Guide Book Review

Posted on: October 8, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

As you would expect the Moon Observer’s Guide (ISBN 0540084190) is a book all about our moon and a what a complete book it is. I think it must contain everything you ever need to know about the moon. Moon Observers Guide contains chapters on lunar geology, the moon in space, lunar observer’s equipment, moon

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The Complete Guide To Stargazing Book Review

Posted on: October 3, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

The Complete Guide to Stargazing (0540089370) is an amazing astronomy book from Philips, which is more like an encyclopedia of astronomy, it’s certainly a coffee table kind of book which you could leave out and see lots of friends pick up and flick through. The Complete Guide to Stargazing is a very large full colour

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Astronomy Hacks Book Review

Posted on: September 16, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

O’Reilly is not known for being specialists in publishing astronomy books, so it is nice to see an astronomy book from them. O’Reilly are already well known for their hacks series of books on a number of subjects and this book contains 65 astronomy hacks covering everything you need to know in order to make

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Pathways to Astronomy Book Review

Posted on: September 8, 2007 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Pathways to Astronomy (ISBN 0072922087). The beginning of the book contains some really nice pages of various parts of the night sky constellations in full colour and what interesting sights to look out for in the sky, including M101, M81, M82, M31, M45, M57, M16 and a lot more. Pathways to Astronomy is split into

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